The sense of smell captures a dog's world down to the tiniest detail, whether it is food, "scent messages" from fellow dogs, or human emotions.

Smelling is actually taking place inside the head. About ten percent of the dog’s brain is constantly engaged in analyzing, storing and recognizing smells. Approximately 220 million olfactory cells are responsible for this....

In dieser Woche impfen TierärztInnen wie gewohnt Haustiere und spenden die Hälfte der Impfeinnahmen für Tierärzte ohne Grenzen. Dieses Jahr kommen die Spenden unserem Projekt Schnüffelhunde im Einsatz gegen Seuchen und für sicheres Trinkwasser zugute.

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Die Filmtage zum Recht auf Nahrung – Hunger.Macht.Profite bringen in ganz Österreich kritische Dokumentarfilme über globale Landwirtschaft und Ernährung auf die Kinoleinwände. Die Filme zeigen die Ursachen von Hunger, die Verdrängung der kleinbäuerlichen Landwirtschaft und den fortschreitenden Raubbau an natürlichen Ressourcen auf. Gleichzeitig lenken sie den Blick auf jene...

In Austria, the quality standards for food are very high. Inspections along the whole supply chain are required by law. In developing countries, such as in Africa, controls are often inadequate, public awareness is low and the need for information is high.

In Austria, the quality standards for food are very high. Inspections along the whole supply chain are required by law. In developing countries, such as in Africa, controls are often inadequate, public awareness is low and the need for information is high.

Food fraud is not a phenomenon of modern times. It hast been around since food is being traded for money. The difference from the old days is that the quantities traded are getting bigger and bigger and the supply chains stretch all over the globe. This makes modern food trade very vulnerable to fraud, because the risk of being caught is relatively small.

Lead primarily affects the nervous system. Intelligence deficits, motoric or growth disorders occur. For a baby's organism, heavy metals pose an even greater danger than for adults. Because babies utilize food particularly well. They take a fifth of their body weight daily in form of milk. Kidneys and liver are not fully developed yet and cannot detoxify an infant's body to the same extent as in...

Melamine is a white, odourless powder used, among other things, for the production of plastic and adhesives. When we recall the melamine scandal surrounding Chinese baby food in 2008, unscrupulous fraudsters adulterated milk powder and other dairy products with melamine to fake a higher protein content. The consequences: Eleven infants died of kidney failure and around 300,000 children fell sick...

Did you know that an estimated one tenth of all food worldwide is circulated with fraudulent intentions? In Africa alone, the estimated number is even higher. The perpetrators are often mafia-like criminal organisations.

For several years now, Veterinarians without Borders has been on the trail of global food fraud. Due to targeted focal actions, we have been able to remove milk...

So leisten Hirten weltweit einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Ernährungssicherheit selbst in den kargsten Gebieten der Erde. Mithilfe ihrer Tiere wandeln Pastoralisten auch die trockensten Pflanzenfasern in Fleisch und Milch um und ernähren damit Millionen von Menschen. Eines aber ist allen Hirten dieser Erde gemeinsam: ihre innige Verbundenheit mit Ihren Tieren.

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